The two have an eight-year history together that dates to a performance McCracken made at a Nashville coffee shop, according to Webb's e-mail newsletter. Webb was on a coffee run that day and became enamored of McCracken's voice and songwriting, the newsletter states. McCracken was eventually asked to join Webb's then-bandmates in Caedmon's Call on tour, and the seeds for a deeper relationship were sown.

Nuptials eventually ensued, as did a child. Never before now, however, had the two successfully collaborated as songwriters. Webb's PR folks describe Ampersand as a worthy addition to either artist's catalogue, and "one which reveals the couple in a surprisingly intimate and stunningly soulful light."

You'll want to check it out for yourself rather than take their word for it, of course. And you can do so at ampersandEP.com.